If gnome-screensaver isn't root during authentication, then how does an ordinary password work? They are stored in a root readable file /etc/shadow. Whatever credential switching that is done in order for ordinary passwords to work could also be done for thinkfinger to work.
-- (gutsy) lock screen doesn't support fingerprint readers driven by thinkfinger https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138957 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
